Dusty Chalk

(squints) Sounds like you got a bad bottle. A really bad bottle. (squints again) (thinks) (decides to leave it alone)

(nods agreeingly)

Probably a good idea.

(likes this whole 'al dente cans pasta is the best pasta' concept)

Happy Birthday!

Had some Merlot last night -- no, I did not accidentally get the wrong wine, it was Angeline from Russian River area, and had a cool purple and black label. Meh, not bad -- I'd drink it again.

I can't think of a single Allagash that I haven't liked. On deck for next weekend: Four.

I need to do that. I gave back the NOS reams of paper that I had been using, and want to do it correctly this time.

cat food, litter, T-shirt...the usual.

Envious of Wayne's beard -- mine never comes in that thick, ends up looking like pubic hair. And a belated congrats to Ian!

Sounds good -- is it? Me, last night: Allagash Curieux -- OMG good. Golden Malt-taintops.

You've earned it! (And I mean that in the positive way.) Nice post.

At Justin's right now, listening to his Acoustats. Wow, nice! Sent from mah Droid

(makes a mental note to use that line the next time he sees a MILF at a yard sale)

I tried the Renacer (I called it Punto Final) -- don't remember it, will revisit it.

Perhaps she, herself, made the edit, as the edit timeouts have gone the way of...other 20th century things. Me: Some wine -- and a Raison d'Extra -- my first. I only bought one. The lady behind the counter said, "now you'll get to learn my tastes, because I like this" (we were talking about wine, mostly).

Not a goddamn thing (other than get an oil change for my car) -- it was lovely. EDIT: No, I forgot -- I did play a game of Scrabble with my ex -- and I won, for a change!

Finished Deadline -- in some ways, better than Feed. You know, one of the other things that she does well is that breathless things-never-stop quality. Sorta like D.O.A. And I should mention -- the Whedonisms make sense after my second trip to Oakland/San Francisco -- I discovered while I was out there that she contributed to a book called Whedonistas -- women writers inspired in one way or another by Whedon. No shit. I can think of worse influences to have. She's easily my favorite new discovery -- yes, more than Richard K. Morgan. Started Cheat the Grave, Vicki Pettersson.

Weyerbacher Sixteen -- outstanding earlier: Flying Fish Exit 4 -- a little hoppy, but not intolerably so

Alberti 154

I got nuthin'. Although I am a big fan of Musical (In)Fidelity, I have been underwhelmed by anything other than highest end of their DACs in recent years (their X-tubes series being an exception). I was extremely disappointed to find out that a lot of them are topped out at 48kHz. I'd go for the Grace Design, but I suspect you need to find something that's actually considered to be sold by amazon, rather than an external website. Benchmark is certainly decent.

Day care? I crack me up.

No worries -- I have no lackeys, anyway. So they're safe. By being non-existent.

I think having any predictable frequency at all is kind of useless. I'd grow numb to it. Or shut the script off. Mr. Slightly Less Ridiculous Man.